Photographic-film package.



No. 839,107. PATENTED DBG. 25, 1906.

I. DE GALESTA. PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.26, 1904.

314 van l'oz Witwen UNITED l sTATEs PATENT oEEreE.

IVOE DE CALESTA, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ROCHESTER OPTICAL COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF YORK.

PHoToGnAPHlo-FILM FAGKAGE.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application tiled October 26. 1904. Serial No. 230,023.

.To (1r/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, IvoE DE CALEsTA, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic-Film Packages; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication,l and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to photographic-film packages, particularly of that class described in Letters Patent Nos. 728,718 and 728,719, granted May 1.0, 1903, to the Rochester Optical ot Camera Company, in which the -iilms are separately exposed and then moved to a storage-chamber contained in the package, from which they are subsequently removed for development.

The construction oi' the film-packages contained in the patents referred to and as they have been placed upon the market is such that the exposed iilms can only be removed for development by the destruction oi the package or casing, and therefore the operator is obliged to expose all of the iilms in the package before he can develop any of them.

Theobject of my invention therefore is to improve film-packages of this classby providing means whereby the operator may, vafter having exposed one or more of the ilms, remove from the package and develop some or all of those exposed without disturbing or fogging the unexposed films in the package, which may be subsequently exosed in the `camera or in the adapter shown 1n said Letters Patent No. 728,719.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a film-package cmbodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other side thereof. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the end of the package opened. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the iilms and its operating-sheet detached.

Similar reference-numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

The outer casing of the package is preferably composed of a single piece of cardboard,

ress-board, or similar thin light material iient up into rectangular form and embodying the back 1, the front 2, having the exposure-aperture 3 therein, the sides 3a and 4, (the latter embodying the two overlapping thicknesses of material,) and the stationary end 5 and the removable end 6. The end 5 is turned inward and cooperates with the frame 7, carrying the light-excluding brush 8, between which and the brush 9 the operat- 14 indicates the stops for the engagement of the ends of the iihns or the shoulders on the backing-sheets.

15 indicates the iilm backing-sheets, towhich the ilms 16 are secured at one end, having the manipulating portions 17 for drawing them from one chamber to the other and which are adapted to be severed.

All of the parts described are substantially the same as those contained in the beforementioned patents, excepting the end-6 constituting the end of the chamber 12, presently described, and the film backing-shoots 15, which latter, in addition to the designating-numbers on the operating ends 17, are preferably provided with a corresponding designating-number on the edge beneath the lower end of the film, as shown in Fig. 5, so

that the operator may inspect the samel when the end 6 of the package. is opened.

, The manner of manipulating the ilms is of course the same as in the prior patents referred to; but to enable the operator to remove for development any of the 'films from the chamber 1.2 i provide means for obtainling access to said chamber, which is capable of being closed light-tight again to permit the remaining iilms to be exposed in the usual manner. In the present embodiment this is accomplished by forming the end 6 of the casing as a continuation of the front 2 and hinged or rendered lexible at 2() and 21. by scoring or otherwise and provided with a tucking-ilap 22, adapted to extend over the rear face of the casing and beneath a band or loop 23, secured to the casing. At the ends of the part 6 are the shorter cover-flaps 24, extending up the sides of the casing and secured by paper strips or labels, (indicated by 25,) which may be severed by the operator TOO when he desires to open the end of the package to remove one or more of the exposed films.Y When the end 6 of the package isV the adapter described in LettersPatent No.

728,719, above referred to, as this device serves to hold the movable parts firmly in position.

I claim as my invention- 1. A fiat film-package embodying a casing having two parallel film-chambers, one having a front opening, the other normally closed and a passage extending between said chambers and a removable portion on the casing for permitting the removal of films from the normally closed chamber, said package being adapted for the reception of films having backing-sheets with iiexible manipulating portions.

2 A flat film-package embodying a normallyclosed casing having chambers for ex posed and unexposed films extending in parallel planes, and a passage between them for the passage of films from one chamber to the other, said casing having a removable portion for permitting access to the end of one of the film-chambers.

3. A flat film-package embodying a normally closed casing having an opening at the front, a film-chamber in rear of said opening, a septum and a chamber for exposed'films in rear thereof, and a passage between the chambers, said package being adapted to contain films having flexible manipulating portions adapted to extend through the rear chamber and a removable cover at the end of said rear chamber.

4. A flat film-package embodying a normally closed casing having two film-chambers extending in parallel planes, adapted to receive films contained in one chamber and capable f of being passed into the other and provided with fiexible manipulating portions and bearing designating-marks thereon in proximity to the film and a removable cover for the end of one of the film-chambers permitting inspection of the designating-marks and the separate removal of the films.

5. A normally closed film-package embodying a casing having a chamber for receiving exposed films, provided with designating-markings at their ends and a removable cover for the chamber for permitting the inspection of the markings and the separate removal of the films.

6. A normally closed film-package embodying a casing having chambers for exposed and unexposed films and a passage between them, the first-mentioned chamber being adapted to hold films having backingsheets provided with designating marks thereon at one end and a flexible manipulating portion at the other, said flexible portions being adapted to extend through the passage and a removable cover for the end of the chamber for exposed films located adjacent the said passage.

7. A iilmfpackage embodying a casing having a front aperture, two film-chambers in rear thereof, a septum between them and a passage extending between the ends of the chambers and a hinged cover for the casing extending over the passage and having the wings at the ends thereof. 8. A film-package embodying a casing having a front aperture, a film-chamber in rear thereof, an end cover hinged at the edge of one of the faces of the packa e having end iaps and a tucking-flap and aoop engaged by the latten 9. A film-package embodying a casin having film-chambers extending in paralle plantes and a passage connecting them at one end and a movable cover for the end of one of said chambers having a portion extending over one side of the casing and fiaps extendingover the edges.

. IVOE DE CALESTA. Witnesses:

G. WILLARD RICH, F. F. CHURCH. 

